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Celebrity Family Feud
Celebrity Family Feud logo.
Format	Game show
Created by	FremantleMedia (based on a format created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman)
Presented by	Al Roker
Narrated by	Burton Richardson
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	June 24 – July 29, 2008
External links
Official website

Celebrity Family Feud is a spin-off game show created by NBC, and was hosted by television weather anchor Al Roker. The announcer was Burton Richardson. Celebrity Family Feud pitted two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people. This version, which was a spin-off of the original Family Feud, featured celebrity families instead of regular families, and was a revival of the primetime All-Star Specials featured during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

This version also featured five-player teams composed of a celebrity captain and four friends and/or relatives, with a $50,000 charity payoff at stake. In addition, it featured a modified version of the current syndicated set, and used the classic theme music ("The Feud," as heard on the Combs version from 1988-1994) as the opening/closing theme and as faceoff/commercial cues. Celebrity Family Feud was taped at Sunset Bronson Studios.

Roker was chosen as the host of this version because, at the time of taping, the current syndicated daytime host of Family Feud, John O'Hurley, was committed to a series on another network, which was the one-episode flop Secret Talents of the Stars. The show debuted sound effect and set changes that appeared that fall on the ensuing O'Hurley season of the syndicated Family Feud.

On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.^[1]

Differences in Game Play

In order to fit three games (two semifinals with one final match to determine which team makes Fast Money), game play was changed accordingly.

All games followed a Single-Single-Triple point format, with the customary 300 points to win format. If no team had scored a minimum of 300 after the third round, Sudden Death was used.

In Fast Money, if one or both family members accumulated a total of 200 points or more, the family won $50,000 for their charity. If the family did not reach 200 points, $25,000 was still awarded to their charity.

On the July 15, 2008 episode, Bill Engvall announced that he and Larry The Cable Guy would each give their charities $50,000 no matter who won.

Censorship

Offensive language was censored only once during the series, and it was within the first minutes of the Premiere. The question was "Name something that is slippery and hard to hold onto"; Ice-T buzzed in and gave an answer which was censored by way of a miniature strike being digitally placed over his mouth and the strike sound being heard. Roker, in disbelief, interpreted this as "Captain Winky" - likely meaning that the censored was either "penis" or a derogatory slang word for it.

Contestants

Ratings

Note 1: Won Fast Money round
Note 2: Lost Fast Money round
* Millions

References

External links

• Official website
• Official Family Feud Twitter page
• Official Family Feud YouTube Channel
• Celebrity Family Feud at the Internet Movie Database
• Celebrity Family Feud at TV.com